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Mary Kingsley

British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)
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Mary Kingsley
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Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[18]
Date of birth
October 13, 1862
Date of death
June 3, 1900
Place of birth
Islington
Place of death
Cape Town
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11]
Occupation
explorer, nurse, anthropologist, botanical collector, writer, suffragist, ethnographer, scientific collector, discoverer, travel writer[12][13][14][15][16]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland[17]
Father
George Henry Kingsley[10]
Cause of death
typhoid fever[20]
Work location
Kamerun[27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Archives at
Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library[19]
Collection items at
Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Natural History Museum
Described by source
Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement, Dictionary of African Biography, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, A historical dictionary of British women[29][30][31][32][33]
Family name
Kingsley[24]
Given name
Mary, Henrietta[25][26]
Manner of death
natural causes[28]
Residence
Sierra Leone, Ghana, South Africa[21][22][23]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Mary Kingsley en M. H. Kingsley en Miss Kingsley en Mary Henrietta Kingsley ar ماري كينغسلي cs Mary Kingsley cs Mary Kingsleyová de Mary Henrietta Kingsley es Mary Henrietta Kingsley fa مری کینگزلی fi Mary Henrietta Kingsley he מרי קינגסלי ja メアリー・キングズリー ja メアリー・キングスリー ja メアリー・キングズレー ko 메리 킹즐리 ko 메리 헨리에타 킹즐리 nl Mary Henrietta Kingsley pl Mary Henrietta Kingsley pt Mary Henrietta Kingsley
🔖 Identifiers · 81
ISNI
000000012276275X
VIAF cluster ID
9889559
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83055838
GND ID
118777173
Alvin ID
alvin-person:19296
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
kingsley-mary-henrietta-1862-1900-traveller-and-writer
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/86130
BAnQ authority ID
0000064392
BBC Things ID
4cf863bb-a150-493b-8c58-623acf8dd8f2
BHL creator ID
19233
BIBSYS ID
90901793
Babelio author ID
105694
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12173673n
Bionomia ID
Mary Kingsley
Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts person ID
2557
CANTIC ID
981061182034806706
CONOR.SI ID
122664035
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10873647
CiNii Research ID
1140000791841873536
Collective Biographies of Women ID
9350
DDB person (GND) ID
118777173
DUC ID
mary-kingsley-3
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118777173
DigitaltMuseum ID
021037461573
ELNET ID
a12120066
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Mary-Henrietta-Kingsley
FAST ID
111805
FemBio ID
15680
Find a Grave memorial ID
10590540
Freebase ID
/m/041qdw
Geni profile ID
6000000020018989508
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m041qdw
Harvard Index of Botanists ID
41502
IdRef ID
028937384
J9U entity ID
987007274688705171
KBR person ID
20956053
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118777173
Kallías ID
PE00130852
KulturNav-ID
c57d3cc0-796f-4f44-be9a-12f5a41e2e37
Libraries Australia ID
35272494
LibriVox author ID
4580
Libris-URI
nl023c8656b791z
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05408198
NDL Authority ID
00963928
NE.se ID
mary-kingsley
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000700892
NLA Trove people ID
892004
NLAI ID
1565322
NLP ID
a0000002465503
NUKAT ID
n2007140622
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001276436
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000453320
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202375301
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810543459805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX973982
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp64802
National Virtual Library of India ID
173481, 176775
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072037814
Obálky knih ID
jn20000700892
Online Books Page author ID
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900
Open Library ID
OL548972A, OL4401662A
Open Plaques subject ID
504
OpenMLOL author ID
37063
Orlando author ID
kingma
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
15620
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100038159
Parsifal cluster ID
917890
Penguin Random House author ID
110646
Project Gutenberg author ID
1894
RERO ID (legacy)
A003455044
SBN author ID
SBLV033124
SELIBR ID
193566
SHEWROTE ID
0fe04346-cb67-42af-9b54-ce195ab1e9cf
SNAC ARK ID
w68738jb, w6fn1536
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
2515
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
mary-henrietta-kingsley
UK National Archives ID
F43847
Wellcome Collection concept ID
ntkq87zh
WikiTree person ID
Kingsley-1051
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwtkb6rMMhV7cXTBTXWXd
Yale LUX ID
person/8442e1f7-2646-4998-8d2e-c26848bb257d

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
writer, nurse, anthropologist, explorer, ethnographer, botanical collector, suffragist
Residence 3
South Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone
Given name 2
Mary, Henrietta
Bionomia ID 1
Mary Kingsley
Cause of death 1
typhoid fever
Collection items at 1
Natural History Museum
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Father 1
Henry Kingsley
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Named after 1
Paramormyrops kingsleyae
Parent of 1
Henry Kingsley
Place of birth 1
Islington
Place of death 1
Cape Town
Sex or gender 1
female
Work location 1
Kamerun
Writing language 1
English
← Bionomia ID 1
Mary Kingsley
← Relative 1
Henry Kingsley
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Summary

Mary Kingsley was born on October 13, 1862[1], in Islington[2]. She died on June 3, 1900[3], in Cape Town[4]. She worked as an explorer[5], nurse[6], anthropologist[7], botanical collector[8], and writer[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Mary Kingsley include Paramormyrops kingsleyae[35], a taxon[36].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Mary Kingsley include Paramormyrops kingsleyae[35], a taxon[36].

FAQs

Where was Mary Kingsley born?

Mary Kingsley's place of birth was Islington[2].

Where did Mary Kingsley die?

Mary Kingsley died in Cape Town[4].

Who were Mary Kingsley's parents?

Mary Kingsley's father was George Henry Kingsley[10].

What did Mary Kingsley do for work?

Mary Kingsley worked as an explorer[5], nurse[6], anthropologist[7], botanical collector[8], and writer[9].

What awards did Mary Kingsley receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland[17].

Related Entities

Ghana Mary Kingsley Sierra Leone South Africa United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . bionomia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Bionomia. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Beyond Notability. beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . historytoday.com. Retrieved . historytoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Harvard Index of Botanists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 9d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [bn] label: মেরি কিংসলে, import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 22d ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Open Library ID: OL4401662A, deprecate Open Library ID redirect(s) OL4401662A → OL548972A (target already on item; added by blocked sock AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction, QS"
  3. 28d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open Library ID → OL548972A, OL4401662A
    Father → George Henry Kingsley
    "Created claim: Open Library ID: OL4401662A, batch #290734"
  4. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 917890
    "Created claim: Parsifal cluster ID: 917890, batch #259862"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Islington
    Cause of death → typhoid fever
    Described by source → Dictionary of National Biography, first supplement, Dictionary of African Biography, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women's Writing +1
    Family name → Kingsley
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32081: import P21 and P106 from GND (23)"
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